Mijas is a village and municipality in the district of Costa del Sol Occidental, Malaga.
The Village of Mijas has a population of 4033 inhabitants. Other Villages of the municipality include: Las Lagunas with 26280 inhabitants, Sitio de Calahonda with 10906, Campo-Mijas 4853 , Chaparral 4019 inhabitants and La Cala 2284.
From the total population of Mijas, 76362 inhabitants (2010) around 18% come from the UK and 2.5% from Germany.
The annual temperature of Mijas is 17,40 °C.
Before the '50s the economy of Mijas relied mainly on agriculture and fishing, but after this period it became an important tourist destination.
If you are planing to buy a property in Mijas you will enjoy the many beaches it has: Cabo Rocoso, Calahonda beach, El Bombo beach, El Chaparral, La Butibamba beach etc.
Mijas has experienced over the last decades an enormous construction growth and like many other municipalities on the costa del Sol there have been many reports about illegal properties in Mijas, specially around the suburb areas, according the the Newspaper el Mundo (see article).
Before builiding a property in Mijas make sure you check with the P.G.O.U. Mijas (www.mijas.es/pgou/) which is the General Plan of Urban Arrangement of Mijas.
In Mijas you will find a great variety of properties like beach and golf villas, apartments but also many traditional Mediterranean style villas.